Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-13
SENATOR HEARST.
He Explains His Plan OF Legis-
lative Campaign.

Last evening Wnen tne Nutt hia'
was ushered into the billiard room a
Senator Hearst's residence, ne fount
the Senator discussing cigars and pol
itic- with two or three local Solons o
the Democratic party. In reply to th'
query, "When and by what route arc
you going to Washington ?" Mr.. Hears
repliei:
''Unless something turns up tt
change my plans I'll start before tht
end OF the week and will go through
the South-rn Territories with dip
into Mexico. The people OF Los An
geles want me to come down there
and find what that part of the State
needs in the way of help from the
Government, and have made up my
mind to do it. Then Arizona and
New Mexico look to the California
delegation for help in all National leg
i4iation that effects them, and espe-
cially to the California Senators, as
the Territories hove no representation
in the Senate.
"rhen want to run down to the
City of Mexico for two reasons, the
one national the other personal
There have been q great many. AMI
there will be still more, questions
arising in Congress concerning the IN
formation Il interests of this country
and Mexico, and we who represent
the )ast ought to keep we'll posted on
such matters. Then / have little
property down there that has to be
looked after once in awhile"
"What is the extent OF your prop
erty in Mexico. Senator? Please con-
slider the question unasked if YOU
ters purely personal"
''Not at all, not at all. l have not
the slightest objection to anybody's
knowing what | own in Mexico or
anywhere else. The els some land
in Sonora, but that can scarcely be
counted az mine yet, for | had to take
it for debt, and 1 haven't succeeded
in
GETTING TITLE
Yet. I own outright a rich valley in
Chihuahua that contains some $50, roo
acres, and have stocked it so far with
1900 head Of cattle Then have con-
tract for surveying 900 900 acres in the
State of Vera Cruz, l.000, 900 acres of
which will be mine as soon as the sur
vey IS completed, and that will be
pretty soon now.
"You see this land comes to me in
payment for the expense of making
the survey and such other expendi-
lures as are incidental to an affair of
that magnitude. That sums up all
my holdings in Mexico. The Chi
huahua land is about 800 feet above
the sea, in the Sierra Madre mount
aims, and is not only rich in minerals,
but has in the greater part magnih-
cent soil for the harder cereals, and
grazing that cannot be beaten any
where.
"The Vera Cruz land has the best
soil ever saw, and raises extraorli-
nary crops. 1t is about 100 miles
from the sea-board and 1900 feet
above sea-level land the climate seems
to be suited to almost any kind of
crop. You may recognize this from
the act that | have seen in one year
immense harvests made Of the follow
ing products that were planted in
alternate fields of 500.acre tract:
Beans, cotton, sugar-cane, rice. toh ,cco
and corn, and am inclined to believe
that all the cereals could be SUCCESS
fully grown there"
Concerning his plan Of action in the
Senate, Mr.. Hearst said: Il have no
pet hobby to ride, and have mapped
out no especial bill upon which to
make or mar spoon. OF course, l m
q .trong yer man. and shall do all
can to help that interest. Then we've
had very trifiing appropriations for
California of late years; much smaller
than Oregon even, or any coast State
in the Union. There has been p e.
nomenal emigration to this State of
late, and the Eastern people don't
seem to appreciate the fact that our
wants and deserts have gone far be-
yond what we get.
"Senator Beck explained this to me
by saying that no one from California
since the time of Sargent had asked
enough for California, and that nobody |
from any other State was goi g
TO CoDDLE OUR INTERESTS.
eff Mr.. Beck was correct you can
safely state one thing, that so long az
I am in the Senate California shall
Eot 20 empty-handed for lack OF ask
ing. have written to the different |
Boards of Trade throughout the State,
asking them to keep me posted upon
matters that they may want to have
presented before Congress, and I've
been in corresp 'ndence with different
people on the debris question.
According to my present opinion.
the law already passed by Congress
upon hydraulic mining covers this
matter satisfactorily.
IL shall certainly strive to |
chain an appropriation for the |
Mare Island navy yard. With
their present plant in the way
of buildings, etc, they need only |
$165, 900 to supply the necessary |
machinery and tools for constructing
there rs large and as thoroughly built |
vessels as can be turned out in any |
other part of the Union. We are EN-
titled to have this money for Mare |
Island, and am sure that our dele |
CATION as unit will work to get it.
"You mustn't 20 off with the idea
that think can revolutionize things
in Washington, for I really am not
such a fool as that. l can't expect to
accomplish any great things on the
floor of the Senate, for am OF very
little good in a debate but l can talk
pretty we'll in the committee Ooms.
and can do very fair share of work
outside OF the committee-rooms, when
you've got your man all by himself in
q carriage or over dinner-table; and
that sort Of work doesn't always loee
in the long run, while you can
always find men to do the debating
when it is needed.
Gas Stanford said to me the other
dav, think California stands p ct
ty t ir chance with her present del